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To: Balding_Eagle
‘The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life’, which is a scientific analysis of the differing intelligence levels between races?

Point of order.

Recently read this book. That is NOT what it is about.

It very calmly and logically discusses the impact of intelligence on class structure in America.

It does not shy away from from noting the effect of differential IQ between racial groups, but that is by no means the focus of the book.

In fact, it shows very clearly that those white people of intelligence similar to the majority of black Americans have very similar life outcomes. IOW, race as such makes little difference in their lives.

This book was intended as a plea for changes in policy to make a place in society for those of less than average intelligence, who are increasingly excluded. Which of course has been utterly ignored.

Liberals turned it into some sort of a racialist white supremacist book, which it absolutely, positively was not. There's no need for us to join them in this slander.

35 posted on 05/10/2014 1:49:26 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan

I read the bell Curve as well and found that it most certainly didn’t fit the slander it has been painted with. In fact, I got the impression that the author laid a lot of blame as the feet of the academic elite.

I know these same academic elite today are the primary source of some awfully damaging social manipulation, education, and social programs.


40 posted on 05/10/2014 2:09:06 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: Sherman Logan; Balding_Eagle
It does not shy away from from noting the effect of differential IQ between racial groups, but that is by no means the focus of the book.

Thank you for noting that, and for actually bothering to read the book. It must also be said that in the famous Ch. 13 on g and race the statistical modeling was, IMHO, weaker than elsewhere in the book.

41 posted on 05/10/2014 2:10:09 PM PDT by untenured
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To: Sherman Logan

Thanks, I knew that and should have included the information you did when I (mis)described the contents.


185 posted on 05/11/2014 6:16:58 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Want to keep your doctor? Remove your Democrat Senator.)
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